Scope and Contents of the Materials

Ledgers of the accounts of the general merchandise and grocery store; scrapbook with newspaper clippings, including some obituaries; a farm record and account book; and a Beaumont High School yearbook, "Spindletop" (1925).

Collection Historical Note

Gary B. Sanford's father was C. E. Sanford. His mother was T. S. Garrison's daughter, Adele. Mrs. Gary B. Sanford's sister was the late Miss Pearl Barron of Nacogdoches. The C. E. Sanford and Son business was general merchandise, groceries, and a sawmill. Business extended around Timpson and the vicinity, and in Caledonia